Bathrooms

When temperatures are cooler:
  • Pre-heat the bathroom for a few minutes before a shower:  This warms up the surfaces in the room.  
    • Logically, it's more comfortable for you
    •  Warm water is less likely to condense on warmer surfaces  
    • Keeping water in the vapor state makes it easier to remove via the fan
  • When you hop in the shower, turn on the fan (leaving the heater on)  
  • Heater can be turned off (as it is plenty warm) when you get out of the shower, but the fan is encouraged to remain on for ~20 minutes more.  Fans are on timers to facilitate this ~
It takes a lot more energy for condensed water (caused by colder surfaces) to return to a vapor state and evaporate.  The more efficient way is to facilitate water vapor leaving the room before it has a chance to condense on colder surfaces.  Toward this goal:
  • Scraping water off shower walls after each use (using the squeegee provided):  Promotes easy cleaning & prevents mold growth
  • Drying off at least your feet as you step out of the shower:  Prevents puddles & moisture trapped in the mat, keeps more unwanted water inside the shower to leave through the drain
When temperatures are warmer, you don't have to run the heater.  Everything else is basically the same.
These things are small requests, but they really do make a big difference!

The shower door upstairs drips onto the mat when wet and open.  Please appreciate the importance of getting it closed quickly when you exit the shower so it can drip back into the surround where the drain is located.
The tub downstairs has a low corner (in the front on the glass door side.  Please make sure no standing water remains there after you finish showering. 

If you are a male, please consider learning to pee sitting down - at least in the privacy of a shared home, and when no one is looking.  Women everywhere will love you for it until the end of time.  In some countries, this is a courtesy extended in bathrooms frequented by both sexes.  What a great idea!

Thank you for taking a turn cleaning the toilet and sink when it needs it.  Before it *really* needs it would be best.  One never knows when one will have unexpected company!

When using the sink, please consider your consumption habits.  Clean, fresh water actually is a finite resource.

Again, thank you!

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